Friday, September 6, 2013

Green House

I'm back!!

Well, sort of.  I have a super quick before & after shot to show you today...basically as proof that I'm still alive and DIYing!

We painted our house!


And I can happily report that thanks to this project, I have overcome my fear of ladders (sort of) and spiders (kind of)...but not bees.  And there were plenty of all three.

We totally could not have accomplished this feat without Tony's mom and step-dad, who not only footed the bill for all of the paint (they love us!!), but also put in long hours helping to get the job done.

It feels so good to no longer be living in a salmon-pink house!

Tony was set on have a green house, so I let him choose the color.  My first choices would have been dark gray or some shade of blue, but since I picked almost every interior color, I gave him free reign of the exterior.  (Fair is fair, right?) We brought home three samples from Home Depot and painted swatches on the side of the house, and both decided that Behr's "Ivy Topiary" in satin was the winner.  For the trim we used Behr's "Polar Bear" in semi-gloss which has just the teensiest hint of cream, so it's not blinding, in-your-face white. We also wanted it to match the garage door so we wouldn't have to repaint it.

We plan to paint the front doors a glossy black color, sort of like this:

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I have so much more to share with you, but I'm out of time for today.  I really hate the feeling of being so behind on my blogging, and especially my blog reading!

Seriously, 96 unread posts on Bloglovin??  Not okay.


Please tell me I'm not the only one who gets this behind in Blogland??

I plan hope to write some more posts next week, but I'm a procrastinator by nature so I make no promises. Although I do have some pictures from an ocean camping trip with Tony & Chloe, some updates to Chloe's room, and an awesome dresser we found at a yard sale and have some fun plans for.  Stay tuned!!

Happy Friday!

xo,
Rachael


20 comments:

  1. WOW WOW WOW. all I have to say is dang what a difference! Seriously it looks so so much better and I really love the dark green color. It goes with the stone on the house and looks gorgeous. Great job! So now that we have a new big place I am in the market for a dining room table. Any tips on salvaging an old one if I can get a cheap one somewhere?! I am so not crafty haha

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    1. Thanks for the compliment!! Glad you like the house. :)

      About the table, I'm trying to talk Tony into building a farmhouse table. Seriously, if you have a saw, it's supposedly really easy to do, even if you've never built anything. You basically just need a good saw.

      Here are some links I'll be following:
      http://ana-white.com/2009/12/plans-farmhouse-table-knock-off-of.html
      http://theturquoisehome.com/2012/12/diy-farmhouse-table/

      Right now we just have a cheap Ikea table that I bought from my old roommate. Good luck!! I noticed you moved when I was skimming blog post titles but haven't read about it yet. Can't wait!

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  2. Love the new color!!! Good job! I can't wait to see the other projects you have planned.

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    1. Thanks Courtney!! We have a million and one projects planned. ;)

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  3. Yes on the black door! That will look awesome!!! Can't wait to see more. Love all your DIYs ;)

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    1. Thanks Nikki! I cant wait to just be DONE with everything, but that will probably be years from now. :)

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  4. I love the new color, it looks great! A huge difference! I definitely love the idea of the black glossy door too.
    I've had over 500 blogs unread before.. that was something I would have never caught up on ha ha.

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    1. Thanks! Wow 500??? Haha that would totally give me an anxiety attack. Although I think I'm headed in that direction. ;)

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  5. Rach, looks amazing! Gives the house a much more modern look! The Property Brothers would be proud. I'm proud! You should be so proud of yourselves! Our front door is glossy black, so of course, I did it. Can't wait to see more!

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    1. Thank you!! I'm glad you have a glossy black door too. Black door twins!!!

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  6. The house looks great! And I actually laughed at you being behind on blog posts by only 96 posts. That is nothing, hun. I have gotten behind on 600+ posts. No joke. It is not fun!

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    1. Thanks, Katie! OMG 600 posts?? Haha I would go insane. :) Once I get caught up, I vow to never get behind again.

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  7. You are not the only one! I am catching up on 94 blogs right now! Yikes! I kind of gasped when i saw the number!

    Love the new paint on your house! Looks nice!!

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    1. So glad to hear I'm not the only one behind on my posts!! Thanks for the comment. :)

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  8. First of all, the house looks amazing! I'm all about interior painting but exterior scares the crap out of me. Second, I know all about being behind on blogging. It's been 2 weeks and I haven't read or posted a thing.

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    1. Thanks Crystal!! Exterior painting is hard work, and if it wasn't for Tony cracking the whip, it would have never been finished. Much like everything else around the house! Well at least you have one very adorable reason for being behind on your blogging. ;)

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  9. Oh my goodness I get SO behind ALWAYS!!! The house looks great! I love keeping up with your home improvements :)

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    1. Aww thanks!! I am still so behind. Hope you're having a good weekend!

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  10. Checking out your blog and I love it!!! I just started blogging and I hope to be as great as you when I grow up!!

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    1. Aww thanks Brittney! I need to get back into blogging, I've been really slacking lately. Can't wait to check out your blog!

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